Tag: Women
The Private Loan System Transforming Lives in Ogun Communities
OGUN, NIGERIA: Mrs. Kafayat AbdulRasak, 37, a young mother of three was in an abusive marriage and jobless since 2008. Her husband, on whom she relied for food and other household expenses, frequently abused her physically and psychologically while providing little or nothing for...
#HungerProtest: Soaring Food Cost Is Restricting Community-Led Meal Clubs In Kano
KANO, Nigeria: On one Wednesday in 2011, Ummai Dahiru, a 43-year-old widow, was struggling to make ends meet in Unguwar Rimi, a community in Bagwai Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano, northwest Nigeria. The five mudus of rice that she had anticipated to sell,...
Pitch: AWiM Africa Environment Reporting Programme 2022
African Women in the Media (AWiM) is calling for pitches for stories that are solutions-based, that will call attention to the gendered aspect of environmental issues in Africa for its Africa Environment Reporting Programme 2022. AWiM is a network for African women working in media...